Caption

Fragment of lace, lace with plant ornaments, slightly serrated lower edge, shell motifs with sprouting twigs and projections of smaller twigs above, 2nd half of the 19th century, Europe, lace, width 20 cm, length 161 cm, A length of delicate lace fabric with an open mesh background in gray and cream hues, featuring a scalloped top edge with a repeating floral motif in cream; dangling from the scalloped border are cream embroidered leaf-and-berry sprigs, and a scattered pattern of small cream berry-and-leaf clusters fills the mesh area; the lower edge is irregular and frayed, and the overall colors visible are gray and cream.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A14_106

License type

Rights managed

Available size

61.4Mb (4.5Mb) / 20.0in x 11.9in / 6000 x 3576 (300dpi)

Keywords

Fragment lace plant ornaments slightly serrated lower edge shell motifs sprouting twigs projections smaller twigs 2nd half 19th century Europe width 20 cm length 161 cm length delicate lace fabric open mesh background gray cream hues featuring scalloped top edge repeating floral motif cream dangling scalloped border embroidered leaf- -berry sprigs scattered pattern small cream berry- -leaf clusters fills mesh area irregular frayed colors visible cream.